The moon, month by month

Worked out for the Reno area. The dark nights are marked — those are the ones worth driving out for, when the faint things are visible. A bright moon is not a wasted night: it is the best time to look at craters and mountains, and at the planets.

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1 40%
2 30%
3 21%
4 14%
5 8% ASN Member Star Party -- Ad-Hoc
6 3% ASN Steering Committee
7 1%
8 0%
9 1%
10 4%
11 9%
12 15%
13 22%
14 30%
15 39%
16 49%
17 60%
18 70%
19 80%
20 88%
21 95%
22 99%
23 100%
24 98%
25 94%
26 86%
27 77%
28 67%
29 57%
30 46%
31 36%

Darkest night

Tue 8 December · 0%

Fullest

Wed 23 December · 100%

Nights worth the drive

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